Insider Intelligence

On the evening of Monday, February 1, the Presidential Iowa Caucuses will be held, the first primary in the nation for the upcoming Presidential election. The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday. On Wednesday, February 3 at 9 a.m. the U.S. Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing […]

This week, the House moved quickly, voting in one day to provide additional funds to assist the City of Flint’s ongoing water crisis.  On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee unanimously reported a supplemental appropriations bill providing an additional $28 million in funds.  Later that day, the full House voted unanimously to approve the bill.  The […]

On Tuesday, January 19, Governor Rick Snyder delivered his sixth annual State of the State address, focusing on immediate challenges facing Michigan and the steps he is proposing to solve those problems.  As stated in our blog post that evening, the Governor focused a majority of his time on the Flint water crisis and Detroit […]

Following Governor Rick Snyder’s annual State of the State address on Tuesday, House Minority Leader Tim Greimel (D-Auburn Hills) provided the Democratic response. Rep. Greimel highlighted several top priorities of the Democratic caucus, including; •    Greater government transparency and accountability •    Additional campaign finance reporting •    Personal financial disclosure for legislators and top administrative officials […]

According to numbers released this week by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB), Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2015 was 5.1%.  While the rate didn’t change from the prior month, it is noticeably lower than the December 2014 rate of 6.4%.  The state’s labor force grew by 0.8% from December […]

This week, the Senate Fiscal Agency (SFA) released their monthly revenue report for December 2015.  According to their numbers, December tax collections were $231.7 million lower than their estimates at the May 2015 consensus revenue estimating conference.  The breakdown as to where the collections were earmarked for is as follows; $137.4 million to the General […]

Michigan Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-Southfield) announced on Thursday, that the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold hearings on the Flint water crisis.  The expected hearing date is February 3 and it’s anticipated that Governor Rick Snyder will be asked to provide testify.  Congresswoman Lawrence, who is a member of the committee, has […]

Representative Ed McBroom (R-Vulcan), chairman of the House Oversight and Ethics Committee, announced his intention to hold hearings on the Flint Water Crisis.  The chairman is waiting for the audit of the Department of Environmental Quality and the Flint Water Task Force’s final report before starting the hearings.  Hearings could begin as early as March. […]